CVE-2023-22999

Published: Feb 28, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.16.3, drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-qcom.c misinterprets the dwc3_qcom_create_urs_usb_platdev return value (expects it to be NULL in the error case, whereas it is actually an error pointer).

Affected (1)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Before 5.16.3

Related CWEs

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (4)

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.3

Source: cve@mitre.org

Release Notes

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b52fe2dbb3e655eb1483000adfab68a219549e13

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.3

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Release Notes

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b52fe2dbb3e655eb1483000adfab68a219549e13

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

Timeline

No history available yet.